Professional Awards Received By Members of
the Louisville – Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office

2003 Clara Shortridge Foltz Award (for outstanding achievement by a defender office in the provision of public defense services/co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association)

American Bar Association
 
   The Dorsey Award (1997):

Daniel T. Goyette
Executive Director/Chief Public Defender
Kentucky Bar Association  
   KBA Donated Legal Services Award (1998): Robert C. Ewald
President, Board of Directors
  KBA Professionalism and Excellence Award (1999): Leo G. Smith
Deputy Chief Public Defender
  KBA Professionalism and Excellence Award (2001): Donald J. Meier
Chief, Adult Trial Division
   Justice Thomas B. Spain CLE Award (2003): Daniel T. Goyette
Executive Director/Chief Public Defender
   Outstanding Lawyer Award (2007): Daniel T. Goyette
Executive Director/Chief Public Defender
Louisville Bar Association  
   Special Recognition Award (1988): Daniel T. Goyette
Executive Director/Chief Public Defender
   Distinguished Service Award (1995): Daniel T. Goyette
Executive Director/Chief Public Defender
   Frank E. Haddad, Jr. Young Lawyer Award (2003): William E. Sharp
Chief, Adult Trial Division Team
                               (2005): Chastity Beyl and Misty Clark (co-recipients)
Chiefs, Adult Trial Division Teams
                               (2007): Justin C. Brown
Staff Trial Attorney
National Legal Aid & Defender Association  
   Defender Services Award (1986): J. David Niehaus
Douglas M. Dowell
Staff Attorneys
   Emery A. Brownell Award (1990): The Courier-Journal Magazine
"The Best Legal Minds Money Can't Buy"
   Arthur von Briesen Award (1997): Robert C. Ewald
President, Board of Directors
Department of Public Advocacy  
   The Gideon Award (1994): Daniel T. Goyette
Executive Director/Chief Public Defender
                               (2001): Ann Bailey Smith
Chief, Adult Trial Division
                               (2005):

Jay Lambert
Chief, Capital Trial Division
   Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award (1998): Col. Paul G. Tobin
Former Executive Director
                                                                     (1999): Robert C. Ewald
President, Board of Directors
   In re Gault Award (1999): Peter L. Schuler
Chief, Juvenile Trial Division
                             (2002): Patti Echsner
Deputy Chief, Juvenile Trial Division
   Rosa Parks Award (2000): Jerry L. Smothers, Jr.
Chief, Investigative Division
                               (2003): Cindy L. Downs
Chief, Computer Services/Intake & Docket Control
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
University of Louisville 		 
   Outstanding Alumna Award (1998): Ann Bailey Smith
Chief, Adult Trial Division
   Outstanding Alumnus Award (2000): Leo G. Smith
Deputy Chief Public Defender
   Dean’s Outstanding Service Award (2003): Daniel T. Goyette
Executive Director/Chief Public Defender
KY Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (KACDL)  
   Juvenile Justice Award (2005): Peter L. Schuler
Chief, Juvenile Trial Division
   Frank E. Haddad, Jr. Award (2007): Donald J. Meier
Chief, Adult Trial Division
   Clarence Darrow Prodigy Award (2006): Justin C. Brown
Staff Trial Attorney
                               (2007): Angela M. Rea
Staff Trial Attorney
Louisville-Jefferson County
Public Defender’s Office		  
   Excellence in Advocacy Awards
   (recipients too numerous to list):		  
          The Walker Award
          The ACE Award
          The Disconnected Switch Award
          The R.P. McMurphy Award